CitroJim's AX, C3 Picasso, Cycling and Running Tales

[Stickyfinger]

I had the lower-spec of that one as my very first digital camera in 2001. It was remarkably good and ended its days taking lots of photos in the workshop and around cars for this forum... Lots of evidence of it can be seen on here and on my website...

I still have it and it still works...

The above is/was a 35mm not a digital Jim....as you can tell from the ASA and F-stop controls

As said, a FANTASTIC little jem
https://gear.vogelius.se/-editorials/ol ... index.html

[CitroJim]

The above is/was a 35mm not a digital Jim....as you can tell from the ASA and F-stop controls

Sorry Alasdair, given the slide-open and similar styling I made the error of assuming it was digital. I really should have made a new year resolution not to assume anything

[moizeau]

Reading this reminded me of 2 old cameras I have in a drawer.
A Minolta that was for the Japanese market only. Bought this just before films went digital. Fantastic quality pictures for a thrash and go. Then my first non-film camera that used a floppy disk.

[Skull]

Not used much since I went I-Phone but a fairly lightweight compact digi cam

I do have another digi one with a wide angle lens but the first time I used it, it sucked the life out of a normal battery - needs ‘special’ powerful batteries from what I can remember

[mickthemaverick]

...........films went digital. ............

An interesting concept Pete!!

[moizeau]

...........films went digital. ............

An interesting concept Pete!!

OK, films were replaced with a digital media.......that's probably the wrong terminology also

[CitroJim]

I'm enjoying seeing all these cameras Keep 'em coming ;

A while back I had a look at two of Mick's little Olympus digital cameras. One worked well after reviving its battery but the other one was found to be rather sick.

I dismantled it and found what I believe is the reason... It's memory backup battery has catastrophically failed and spilled its contents

I fear this otherwise rather lovely little camera is now beyond repair... And nor will it yield spares for my other duff Olympus camera.

[Skull]

My other digi camera - used once for it’s wide-angle but drained normal AA batteries too quickly

Skulls - Samsung Digimax A55W

[CitroJim]

Never knew Samsung made cameras!

A good candidate for rechargeable batteries They can be a bit juicy...

[Gibbo2286]

My other digi camera - used once for it’s wide-angle but drained normal AA batteries too quickly

That old Kodak DC120 I had as my first digital camera ate ordinary batteries in a couple of weeks but Energiser Lithium AAs lasted a whole year and a trip round the world.
My current camera is a Pentax Optio VS 20 and runs on dedicated rechargeable batteries, like the one in this ad. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146073894062 ... ce1635a58d

[myglaren]

None of mine work on anything but rechargeable batteries.
The Olympus has a dedicated one. The others take AAAs but they don't last five minutes if not rechargeable, the Nikon is especially greedy and even rechargeables don't last long.

[mickthemaverick]

My Oregon which I posted earlier uses 2 x AAAs and a pair of Energiser Li have been in there for 18 months and still going strong, although I've probably only taken around 50 shots in that time!

[Skull]

Thanks All - Yes I think a charger & re-chargeable NiMH batteries may have to be purchased if I’m to get familiar with it’s capabilities

[bobins]

I like this one I've got....

Voigtlander camera - own work

Although it's a bit old fashioned as it still uses Compact Flash cards

Voigtlander CF card - own work

[myglaren]

I used to borrow my girlfriend's dad's Voigtländer* Bessamatic with Zoomar lens. Fabulous camera.

He had a Rollieflex that was nice too.

*spellcheck thinks that should be 'tenderloin'.